St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-21
YESTERDAYS MARKET.
There Was a Fair Volume Of Speculation
in Wheat on the Chicago
Board.
A Nervous and Unsettled Feeling Pervaded
the Street and Values We're
Lower.
The Gables Quoted Dull Markets, But
With no NJ ark ed Changes in
Prices.
Transactions in the Financial Circles
of Wall Street, 6 eneral Quo
tationS.

CHICAGO, Jan. 20-There was fair volume
of speculation in wheat to-day, with u nervous
and unsettled feeling perVading the market,
and values tending generally lower, although
prices at the close stood where theg did at the
close on yesterday. Cables quoted dull m ar
kets butwith no change in prices. Advces
from California were conflicting. The market
opened shade easier, with May delivery at
S415c, rallied quickly to S5$sc, broke Off to
831ac, on tree selling rallied again to $40
S03sc, on reports of a good export movement
fell back to SIZE and closed at that point.
The export clearings from three ports were
$4,000 bushels, while the receipts at eleven
points aggregated 237,U00 bushels. The corn
market was fairly active and weak, prices
ruling lower. Receipts were not large and
the shipping demand was fair. Prices fell off
sc, rallied &c and closed quiet. Oats were
weak in sympathy with other cereals
and closed 1sc lower. Provisions
were active and unsettled. Mess pork
opened 215@5c per barrel higher, fell off $50
l715c rallied 20@25c and closed in the latest
trading at yesterdays prices.
THE QUOTATIONS..
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Wheat-NO. =, January, opened at T759c,
closing at 77%c; February. 775sc, clos
ing at 775sc; March, 1889, closing at 1890;
May, S41sc, closing at SIZE. Corn-No. 2
Jdnuary, o0%sc, CLOSING at oo%Sc; feDfuafy,
353gc, closing at 353zc; March, 3514c, closing
at 35$4c; May, 4O5sc, closing at 4O5Sc.
Oats-No. 2 January, 253ac, closing at 2535c;
February, 25$4c, closing at 251ac; March,
2534c, closing at 2534c; May, 303sc, closing
at 30Ac. Mess pork per barrel-January,
$11.95, closing at S12.0715; February, Sl2.05,
closing at SI2.071a; March, S12.071a closing at
So. 1o May, S12.30, closing at Sl2.3219. Lard
per 100 pounds-January, $6.42%, closing
at S645; February, S6.42H, closing at
S6.z5; March, $685., closing at $6.5219;
May, S6.6713, closing at S6.671a. Short
ribs per 100 pounds-January, S6.12%,
closing at S6.15; February, S6.12%, clos
ing at S6l5; March, S6.lT1a. closing
at $500; May, $G.221a, closing at $6.321a.
Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat No. 2
spring, ~ No. spring, 69071c; No. 2 red,
7S1@c. Coru-No. 2, 35ssc. Oats-No. 2,
251$@25$4c. Rye-No. =, 5311c Barley-No.
2, 5O74@52c. Flax Seed-No. i, s1.O1. Prime
Timothy Seed, Sl.9!. Mess pork per bbl,
$12 .O735. Lard, per 100 lbs, S6.45. Short ribs,
sides, loose, S6.12%@6.15; dry salted
shoulders, boxed, $4.9Ol55OO; short clear
sides, boxed, S6.5O@6.55. Whisky, dlstillers'
finished goods, per gal, S1.1S. Sugars, cut
loaf, 614@63gc; granuated. &c; Standard "a"
534c. Receipts-Flour. $4,000 bbls; wheat
$4,000 bu; corn, $4,000 bu; oats. $4,000 bu;
rye. none; barley, $4,000 bu. Shipments
Flour, $4,000 bbls; wheat, 1000 bu; corn,
$4,000 bu: oats. $4,000 bu: rye, 10000; bar
ley, $4,000 bu. On the produce exchange
to-day the butter market ruled easier:
creamery, 217a@3Oc; dairy, 2O@25c. Eggs,
2T@2S1%c